A couple of sightings in California is hardly worthy of "hit shelves". Seriously, for a toy wave to actually APPEAR IN STORES (note the PLURAL), they have to actually appear in more than one store. And a one-off sighting followed by nothing? That's ridiculous.

Let's just agree that Wave 2, by and large, gets skipped in US retail. Because it does. June is around the corner, and with it comes the big toy reset. That means wave 3, most likely. It's become a Hasbro tradition, since they seem to be doing little to alleviate the obvious poor stock situation.

Wave revisions exist to correct the missing toy situation, which clearly shows Hasbro is plenty aware of Wave 1 syndrome but is too impotent to do much about it. Sigh. (i.e. I'll spend my money elsewhere, without the flaming hoops).

After Hasbro finishes production of the new Cyberverse and Studio Series, you mean. Because Hasbro is going to prioritize the non-G1-Generations toys.

So a lot of these will probably show in Asia for months before the West sees them. Sorry, for months before a couple of people in CA see them and report them as widely available. You and I will wait for the first sign of frost in Hell! But seriously, the stock problem is horrible and I envy Asia for being so close to the manufacturing!